Virginia Earth Science Erosion

​ (a)   refers to the transportation of rock, soil, and mineral particles from ​ one location to another by the action of ​ (b)   .

The motive ( reasoning ) behind all the agents of erosion is ​ (c)   .

What is the energy behind Erosion, such as a rock splitting in half and half that rock rolls down hill.

The major evidence of erosion is ​ (a)   of sediments from their source to another location. The beaches that border the coastlines of the United States are the result of ​ (b)   sediment (sand ) from inland mountains, by stream​s and rivers, to the oceans.

The mineral ​ (c)   of sediments and organic remains ( fossils ) found within the sediments are often indications of the ​ (d)   of erosional products.

What is the major evidence of erosion?

Fossils are the ________ remains found within sediments. ( once living )

The beaches that border the coastlines of the United States are the result of ________ from inland mountains, rivers and streams.

Residual sediment is the material that ​ (a)   of the weathering, and transported sediment is the erosional ​ (b)   that has been moved from the source of weathering to ​ (c)   .

The material that remains at the location of the weathering is

The actions that affect erosion and move sediments from one place to another are called ​ (a)   .

Transported materials often posses ​ (b)   distinctive of their transporting ​ (c)   . Therefore it is often possible to determine what ​ (d)   and transporting agent ​ (e)   the sediment.

The actions such as wind, water, and gravity that affect erosion and move sediments from one place to another are called